New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/11315/1/378

New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the opening remarks by New Mexico AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo to the speeches of various dignitaries at the state labor federation’s biannual convention here, June 15-16, it’s clear the labor movement is readying for the 2008 elections.

Outstanding presentations were made by two of the many convention participants: Joe Shirley, president of the Navajo Nation, and Dr. Irasema Garza, national political director of Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.

Shirley, after describing a number of positive joint campaigns and initiatives by the New Mexico Federation of Labor and the Navajo Nation, declared his commitment to ongoing solidarity between the two groups. Referring to the 2008 election campaign, he said, “Working as a team, we can make things happen.”

Garza said Working America’s goal is organizing nonunion working people. She called it a massive effort to “reach the mass, develop the working class, and then to kick ass.”

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[Gloria]

1. Can we do the recount next time??